Applebloom has to make zapapple jam during college finals, so she delegates all the tasks to her cmc friends. While Sweetie Belle is helping by singing to the water, her drakefriend Spike comes back from Dragonia. She sings him a sultry ballad and thry end up making out then and there. Things seem fine until they discover that ponies are acting strangely after eating this season's batch of jam.

Why is AppleBloom not making the jam herself?

The week of finals are occurring, and while she did manage to get an extension, she still has to study. So she has Scootaloo train the mason jars and Babs test the cookware while she charms the bees.